. ^ f) A o published each thursday ' ' " = n f^\ tE3|fiO^?ttaCJ3NA. X3NDIAM WIC ill I It ?jj "Building Communicative Bridges , ?F * I c. In A Cri-Racial getting" j robeson county VOLUME16 NUMBER 46 25$ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1986 Dr. Robert Reising To T each N ew Cou rse In Lumbee Literature At PSU BY BARBARA BRA YBOY-LOCKIEAR Special To The Carolina Indian Voice "I see the course as a way for a lot of people who are trying to understand the Lumbee Indians to get a unique avenue to understanding," says Dr. Robert Reising of a new course offered at Pembroke State University. Hie Department of Communicative Arts and the Department of American Indian Studies will offer CMA (AE3) 450, Seminar in Native American Literature during spring semester 1989. Hie focus of the course will be Lumbee literature, with special attention to works treating Henry Berry Lowrie, including Strike At The WtTid. Reising will be the instructor for the new course. "Lumbee literature is a rich and sizable body of imaginative literature-drama, fiction and poetry-from and about the largest tribe of Native Americans east of the Mississippi," says Reising. "We're about to begin a period of unusual literary attention to Lumbees." Reising, a professor at P.S.U. since 1971, says he sees the course as cultivating writings by Lumbees. "American Indians nationally are contributing poetry, prose/fiction to literature in unprecendented numbers." According to Reising, the course will feature the oral as well as written, together with highly regarded contributions by Lew Barton, Paul Green, John Charles McNeil, and Guy Owen. "Basically we'll be looking at movements and motifs-what kinds of writings and themes have occurred and could occur." He says there have been numerous literary depictions from and about the Lumbees and more coming all the time. The professor says he hopes the course will lure three particular groups of people: university students working in AIS; interested townspeople and county residents, Lumbees and non-Lumbees, who want to learn more about Lumbees; and teachers of Indian Education and of writing who may spark poetry and fiction. "We are in the midst of a Native American renaissance, probably in Art, and certainly literature," he says. "If America is to thrive, it must become very comfortable with minorities' changing picture. We must become extremely aware of how to respect them, educate them, accept them and celebrate them." The course comes under the format of a "Study of selelcted topics in Indian literature," and the only prerequisite is permission of the instructor. Students interested in applying the course to a graduate program should consult page 296 of the University's 1988-89 Catalog and/or Dr. W. Howard Dean, Director of Graduate Studies at Pembroke State. The instructor also welcomes questions about the course. DR. ROBERT REISING. PSl rPROEPZSOR Reprinted from the November 29, 1988 Fayetteville Times Latcyer Indicted On 3 Felony Charges By SAM RANKIN OITniThMlWM LUMBERTON ? Former state Rep. and Lumberton lawyer Horace Locklear was indicted Monday on three felony charges accusing him of attempting to obstruct justice in a drug case. Xnd, a judge ordered Locklear to show cause why be should not be disciplined separately for allegedly violating rules of professional con duct. A Robeson County Superior Court grand jury indicted Locklear, 46, on charges of attempted obstruction of justice, attempting to obtain property by false pretenses and obtaining property by false pretenses. He was released on $30,000 bond. The obstruction of justice charge carries a maximum prison term of 10 years and a presumptive three year sentence. Locklear, who temporarily rep resented Eddie Hatcher on federal hostage-taking and weapons vio lations for the Feb. 1 takeover of The Robesonian newspaper office, could not be reached for comment. Hatcher fired Locklear before the trial began. Locklear served three terms in the N.C. House representing the 21st District ? Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties ? from 1977 to 1982. He is a graduate of Pembroke State University and N.C. Central University Law School. A Lumbee Indian, he was the first American Indian to be admitted to the bar in North Carolina. The indictment alleges that Locklear*unlawfully attempted to obtain $7,500 from Leroy Locklear who earlier pleaded guilty to traf ficking and conspiracy to traffic marijuana. Horace Locklear allegedly told Leroy Locklear that he had Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood of Louisburg "under con trol" and could keep Leroy Locklear from getting an active prison term for drug trafficking. Horace Locklear "further false ly represented to Leroy Locklear that he had an agreement" with Hobgood that the judge would make a factual finding that Leroy Locklear had "provided substantial assistance in the identification, arrest, or conviction of any accomplices ... even though (Hobgood) knew there was no factu al basis to make such a finding ... when ... Horace Locklear had no agreement with (Hobgood) to enter judgments requiring no active pris on sentence" for Leroy Locklear or to find that Leroy Locklear pro vided assistance in other arrests. Horace Locklear also allegedly told Leroy Locklear that for SI,500 he would reduce the drug traffick ing charges, that-the-judge had approved the reductions and had agreed to impose sentences that would not require an active prison sentence. The indictment alleges Hobgood did not approve the reduction in Leroy Locklear's charges and did not agree to impose a non-active prison sentence. The attempted obstruction of justice indictment alleges that Horace Locklear on Nov. 16 solic ited Sheriff Hubert Stone to tell the judge that Leroy Locklear had "given substantial assistance to law enforcment" in order that Leroy Locklear not receive the man datory five-year term for drug trafficking. Horace Lockler also allegedly solicited Deputy Mike Stogner to "falsely state" that Leroy Locklear "had given sub stantial assistance." The obstruction indictment also alleges that Locklear broke the law by privately speaking with Hobgood to influence the case. State Bureau of Investigation assistant director Cuyler Windham said that at the request of District Attorney Joe Freeman Britt the SBI began investigating Locklear about two weeks ago. Hobgood on Monday ordered that North Carolina State Bar attorney Root Edmonson prosecute the matter at a hearing on Dec. 14 and that Locklear "show cause, if any there be, why he should not be disciplined by the court." In his order, Hobgood said con versations between Horace Locklear and Leroy Locklear were tape recorded in late October and November. Hobgood said the tape recordings indicate that Horace Locklear told Leroy Locklear that he "had the judge in control" and that for $9,000 he could avoid a prison sentence. Leroy Locklear apparently paid Horace Locklear $1,500, Hobgood wrote. Hobgood said in the order that he told Britt that Locklear told Sheriff Stone that the judge said "it does not matter if U is true, just say substantial assistance." PEMBROKE KIWANIS HOLD PANCAKE SUPPER & BREAKFAST The Pembroke Kiwanis will hold their Pancake Supper and Breakfast Friday, December 2nd from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, December 3rd from 8:80-9 a.m. Hie event will be held at Pembroke Elementary School. Tick ets are 83 for all you can eat and may be purchased from any Kiwanis Club member. Rally Plannad A-fc Fairarova Hie next rally by the Robe eon Defense Committee will be held December 6, 1988 at Fairgrove School beginning at 7:80 p.m. Attorneys will be present to accept complaints and tabs affidavits on law ?nforcment activities and to answer questions about the peition drive to remove the sheriff, Hubert Stone and ? ? .a ? ? IliiKarf n.ftn 1 IiuDmX vTOWr. e , ABPREC17KT JE ON BZ^NGZJET BBANNED EOB ET&iOOBS Hie Robeson Defense Commit tee will sponsor an appreciation banquet for Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs. The event is plan ned for Friday night, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. at West Robeson Senior High's Cafeteria. A buffet-style dinner will be served. Tickets for the event are $5.00 and can be purchased from the Robeson Defense Commit tee office. Cell 521-3401 for further information. Special guest speakers will include William Kunstler, attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. New York; Leon Shenandoah of the Onandaga Nation; and Chief Wilma Mankiller of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. LECTURE AUDITORIUM NAMED FOR OXENDINE Dr. Clifton Oxendine.. .PSU lecture Hall to be named in his honor. The second floor lecture audito rium in PSlfs Classroom North will be named the Dr. Clifton Oxeridtne Memorial Lecture Hall in honor of the late Dr. Oxendine Wednesday, December 7, at 10 a.m. Special dedication ceremonies will be held on that date, says Dr. David Eliades, chairman of the PSU History De partment in which Dr. Oxendine was a professor emeritus. Dr. Oxendine, of Pembroke, died July 21, 1987, at the age of 87 following an automobile accident. He served as dean of what is now PSU from 1939-57 after which he taught history until retiring in 1970. Altogether, he was an educator for 42 years in the public schools and for PSU. In PSLTs Centennial Fall Convoca tion of 1986, he was honored with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Oxendine was in the first class of seven students to graduate in the Old Main building on the PSU campus in 1924 whert(t was an Indian Normal School. Hr became the individual |j who gave the name of "Old Main" to the first brick building on campus. Oxendine also had the distinction of attending in 1907 the two-story, wooden budding--then located near New Hope Church, l'/t miles from IVm broke-that was the forerunner of what became Pembroke, ?tate University. Evesyeee is invited to the Dec. 7 dedication. Pe t j. tz JL ori ntz~l vU Farm Bureau members to attend this year's meeting at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Jenkins emphasized that farmers in the state continue to face a difficult period. He said it is important that voting delegates adopt a broad ?pd comprehensive set of policies to address the issues confronting agri culture and the economy. "Hie resolutions that dr' will be voting on are lit i u careful deliberation, vviih tv<